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EVENTS

1771

The Dutch East India Company institutes a policy in the Cape Colony which dictated that schools should teach exclusively in Dutch and strict laws of assembly

Clashes between Trekboers and Xhosa begin as trekkers cross the Gamtoos River in the east

12 August Joachim Ammema , Baron van Plettenberg, is appointed acting Governor Of The Cape after the death of Ryk Tulbagh

1774

A commando mounted against the San tribes kill 503 and capture 241 San

18 May Joachim Ammema , Baron van Plettenberg, is appointed to the full post of Governor Of The Cape

1775

13 of England 's American colonies erupt in revolt

1776

England's revolting colonies declare themselves the independent United States Of America

1778

The Cape Colony boundary is extended to Buffels , Zak and Fish Rivers

Hendrik Jacob Wikar and Robert Jacob Gordon meet Khoikhoi , Geisiqua and Tswana tribes along lower and middle Gariep which Gordon names Orange River in honour of the Netherlands Stadtholder

6 February - France formally recognises the United States as a nation by signing a treaty of Friendship and Trade. An undeclared war with Britain soon erupted

27 July - French and British Navies clash just off the coast of France

30 December - Britain captures the port of St. Lucia in the Caribbean Sea

British forces capture Pondicherry in the Bay Of Bengal from the French, later recapured

The Dutch port of St Eustatius in the West Indies became the world's busiest port handling the majority of supplies and arms bound for the United States

1779

Xhosa s moving south clash with the settlers at the Fish River starting the first of nine Cape Frontier Wars

12 April - Spain joins with France and America in the war against Britain

BIRTHS

1 May 1772 - Sir Gilbraith Lowry Cole , Governor Of The Cape Colony , is born

DEATHS

1771 - Ryk Tulbagh , Governor Of The Cape dies